McAnallen legacy to be kept alive with trust

A CROKE PARK banquet on December 2 will begin the fundraising for the Cormac Trust, a scheme named after Cormac McAnallen, the Tyrone captain who died suddenly this year from a rare heart condition.

The trust aims to help reduce deaths resulting from such conditions. The Cormac Trust will not only honour and remember the Tyrone footballer but also attempt to reduce the chances of young people dying from heart conditions such as his.

It will aim to promote and encourage screening to identify and treat heart conditions, provide information and raise awareness on these heart conditions, provide defibrillators for each gaelic club and the main soccer and rugby clubs in Tyrone initially and lobby to raise awareness in Government and health departments on the need for action.